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Energy absorption behavior of metallic staggered double-sine-wave tubes under axial crushing

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A new type of double-sine-wave tube which is improved from a traditional square tube by embedding the sinusoid corrugation of both transvers and axial directions on the surfaces with phase differences between the adjacent ones is proposed in this paper. Attention is focused on the energy-absorption behavior of the tube under axial crushing and to verify that it can significantly reduce the initial peak load and the magnitude of the fluctuant wave in load-displacement curve. A theoretical model based on rigid, perfectly plastic material idealization is adopted to predict the mean crushing load. Besides, the numerical simulation of the staggered double-sine-wave-tube under axial crushing is operated by using Hypermesh and Ls-dyna. The numerical results are good agreement with the theoretical predictions. Two typical examples of using the staggered double-sine wave tube to attenuate impact force are provided for verification of its good attenuation performance as an energy absorption structure.

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Hou Kangwei received a B.S. in Aircraft Design and Engineering from Northwestern Polytechnic University in 2008. Mr. Hou currently is a postgraduate student majoring at Solid mechanics in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and will receive his M.S. in 2015.

Yang Jialing received a B.S. in Engineering Mechanics from Zhejiang University in 1978, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanics from HuaZhong University of Science and Technology and Peking University, respectively, in 1981 and 1990. He currently works at the Solid Mechanics Researcher Centre in Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

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Hou, K.W., Yang, J.L., Liu, H. et al. Energy absorption behavior of metallic staggered double-sine-wave tubes under axial crushing. J Mech Sci Technol 29, 2439–2449 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-015-0538-7

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